Chapitre 44 : Hurricane katrina Flashcards by camilla dizon | Brainscape

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Une tragédie annoncée

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A tragedy foretold

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Un ouragan de catégorie quatre

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A category four hurricane

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Une catastrophe inévitable

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A calamity waiting to happen

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Ne pas être protégé par un ouragan

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To be vulnerable to a hurricane

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Etre mal équipé pour resister a un ouragan

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To be ill-equipped to with stand a hurricane

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Rayer la ville de la carte

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To obliterate the city

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Inonder les rues

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To flood the Steelers

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Arracher les toits

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To tear the roofs

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Dévaster le réseau électrique

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To ruin the power grid

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S’abattre sur la ville

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To pummel the city

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Causer d’énormes dégâts matériels

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To cause huge damage to property

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Faire de très nombreuses victimes

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To take a very heavy toll

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Etre emporté par le vent

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To be blown away

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Etre prisonnier dans sa maison

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To be trapped in one’s house

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Se retrouver sans eau et sans nourriture

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To be stranded without food and water

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Le pillage / un pilleur

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Looting / a looter

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Mal gerer une catastrophe

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To mishandle a disaster

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Mal évaluer l’ampleur de la catastrophe

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To misjudge the scale of the disaster

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L’incompétence au plus haut niveau de l’état

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High-level incompetence

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Rejeter la responsabilité sur qqn d’autre

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To pass the buck

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Faire son mea culpa

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To own up one’s mistake

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Un sauveteur

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A rescue worker

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Craindre une epidemie

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To fear an epidemic

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Ordonner l’evacuation de la ville

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To order the evacuation of the city

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Pomper l’eau

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To pump out the water

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Les consequences de katrina

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The aftermath of katrina

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Avoir des répercussions economiques durables

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To cause lasting economic damage

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Une retombee politique

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A political fallout